Lifeline: Clyfford Still

Jackson Pollock said, “He makes the rest of us look academic,” Mark Rothko acknowledged
him as a “myth-maker” and Clement Greenberg called him “a highly influential maverick
and an independent genius.” Clyfford Still, one of the strongest, most original contributors
to abstract expressionism, walked away from the commercial art world at the height of his
career. Extremely disciplined, principled, and prolific, Still left behind a treasure trove of works
like no other major artist in history. With a wonderful mosaic of archival material, found footage
and audio recorded by the artist himself, Lifeline: Clyfford Still paints a picture of a modern
icon, his uncompromising creative journey and the price of independence.